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Electroactive polymers as artificial muscles
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2005
Compliant Structures in Nature and Engineering
The potential for developing actuators with performance characteristics that rival that of muscle is increasingly becoming feasible with the emergence of effective electroactive polymers (EAP). Such polymers have many attractive characteristics including low weight, fracture tolerance, and pliability. EAP materials have functional similarities to biological muscles, including resilience, damage tolerance, and large actuation strains (stretching, contracting or bending). EAP-based actuators may
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